Ear
Pain in back of left ear (after fifteen minutes, first day). Ringing in the ears (sixth and seventh days). Ringing in the ears, with pressure about the head (tenth day). Ringing noise in the left ear (after first dose, second day).
Nose
Objective. Nasal organs affected very much like catarrh (ninth day). An attack of coryza obliged him to omit the medicine (after two days). A severe attack of coryza appeared towards night, and the miserable feelings in general prevented the taking of any more medicine (second day). Subjective. Pressure in the nose (immediately after second dose, third day). Very severe pressing pain in left side of nose, lasting about ten minutes, then shifting to left axilla, where it was sharp and lancinating (after four hours).
Face
Face and neck yellow (fifteenth day); complete jaundice aspect (seventeenth day). Burning most of the day in the face, as one experiences in a cool day on coming into a warm room (first day). Burning about face and head, especially after being out in the open air (October 20th), (five hours after first dose, third day). Fullness about the face and head, with throbbing (after second dose, second day). Feeling of pressure in both malar bones (after half an hour, first day). Sharp darting pain in articulation of jaw, right side, all day.
Mouth
Tongue. Tongue furred (ninth day). Thick, yellow coat upon tongue (fifth and sixth days). Tongue thickly coated, a dirty white or yellowish color (sixteenth day). Mouth. The whole buccal cavity, including the roof of the mouth, was coated with an adhesive coating, exceeding difficult to detach (eleventh day); less in degree (twelfth day). Dryness of mouth and fauces (after half an hour, fourth day). Taste. Sweetish taste about the palate, for half an hour (first day). Bad taste (sixth morning); (ninth and sixteenth days). Bad, indescribable taste in the mouth, with fullness about the head (third morning). Foul taste (eleventh day); less so (twelfth day). Bitter, nauseous sensation in fauces, with slight heat and burning in stomach (immediately), (second day). Bitter, nauseous taste to the tincture (first day).
Throat
Objective. Stringy mucus in the throat, detached with difficulty (after sixteen hours and a half, seventh day)). Throat and nasal organs filled with an offensive, tenacious mucus, detached with difficulty (sixteenth day). Subjective. Dryness of throat (after first dose, second day). Constricted feeling in the throat; throat feels swollen inside, in the morning (fifth, sixth, and seventh days). An aching, excruciating feeling in posterior nares, as if a fresh cold had been taken (after first dose, second day). Semi-lancinating pain in the right side of the throat, near the tonsil, in the afternoon (ninth day). Throat sore, sensation of a foreign substance requiring it to be frequently cleared; deglutition rather painful (fourth day). Throat sore and rough, with frequent and difficult deglutition (after thirteen hours and a half, eighth day). Slight soreness in the throat, on waking, and continuing through the day (third day). Roughness of the throat (ninth day). Roughness of the throat, requiring it to be constantly cleared (after fifteen hours, sixth day). Throat rough and constricted (after seven hours, sixth day). Dry, sore feeling in pharynx, as when one has taken cold, succeeded by difficult deglutition (after half an hour, first day). Constant need to swallow, from sense of constriction in the throat (after five hours and a half, seventh day).
Stomach
Appetite. Increased appetite (five hours and twenty minutes after first dose, fifth day); constant hunger, yet a sensation of fullness, as if I had just eaten a hearty meal, although nothing has been taken into my stomach for five hours (ten hours and a half after first dose, fifth day); craving hunger; fullness of stomach and abdomen (thirteen hours and three-quarters after first dose, sixth day); sensation of hunger and fullness in the stomach and abdomen, with rumbling of bowels, in the morning (sixth day); constant, craving appetite, with sensation of fullness in the stomach and abdomen (seventh day). Feel hungry; fullness in stomach and abdomen, on waking (fourth morning); craving hunger; fullness in the stomach and abdomen, as after a hearty meal, at 5 P.M. (before eating); continuing at 11 P.M. (fifth day); after eating (sixth day). Appetite had been fair since commencing the proving, but not as keen as usual (fourth day). Appetite not so good as usual, but enjoyed a hearty meal, at 6 P.M. (after seven hours, first day). Indifferent appetite (fifth day). Appetite poor, in the morning (seventh day). Appetite for breakfast considerably impaired (third day). Appetite very much impaired (eleventh and twelfth days). No appetite (ninth day). No appetite; took no breakfast this morning (fifteenth day). No desire for food (tenth day). No desire for food, but rather a loathing; strong desire for acids; ate very little breakfast, per force (sixteenth day). Eructation. Empty eructation (after second dose, second and third days). Frequent eructation of flatus from the stomach (after sixteen hours and a half, seventh day); in the forenoon (eighth day); relieving the pressure in the stomach for a short time only (fifteenth day). Acidity of stomach, at 8.30 A.M. (second morning). Heartburn, with an increase of saliva, which had to be frequently expectorated (after two hours, second day). Nausea. Nausea (after half an hour, first day); (second morning); (third day), etc. Nausea with slight dizziness (after first dose, second day). Nausea and light-headedness ( a few minutes after first dose, seventh and eighth days). Nausea and gagging, without being able to vomit (soon), (sixth day). Slight nausea (ten minutes after first dose, sixth day); (after two hours); less marked (second day). Slight feeling of nausea in stomach, for half an hour (first day). Severe nausea (after five minutes, second day), which was followed by heavy headache. Stomach. Stomach and upper part of the abdomen distended, in the forenoon (eighth day). Strange sensation in stomach, not any nausea (ten minutes after second dose, sixth day). Weak, sinking feeling, and pressure in the epigastrium, sometimes approaching nausea (after half an hour); Increasing after breakfast, and lasting very perceptibly all day, and passing off towards evening, after rapid walking (second day). Dinner caused distress (second day). Pain in region of the stomach (after two hours, first day); less marked (second day). Severe pain in stomach (one hour after second dose, third day). Slight heat and burning in stomach, with bitter, nauseous sensation in fauces, immediately; the heat and burning soon changed into painful griping pressure from left epigastric region, in a straight line to the left of navel (second day). Feeling of fullness in digestive organs, as though food was being slowly digested (after nine hours, fourth day). Fullness in the stomach and bowels; craving hunger, in the morning, and at 6.20 P.M. (eleventh day). Fullness in the stomach and abdomen; appetite poor, in the morning (seventh day). Fullness and pressure in the stomach (after five hours and a half, seventh day). Unpleasant fullness in the stomach and upper abdomen (five hours and twenty minutes after first dose, fifth and tenth days). Severe griping pains about the stomach, followed by empty eructations (after one hour and a half, tenth day). Dull pain in the stomach (sixth day). Slight colicky pressure in stomach, which would hardly have been noticed, had not attention been drawn to it previously in the proving (third day). Slight stinging and pressure in epigastrium, while walking (ten minutes after first dose, first day).
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Dull pain in the hepatic region (fifteenth day). Umbilical. Pain in umbilical region, immediately after breakfast (third day). Dull, heavy pain in umbilical region (after second dose, third day). Slight griping pain in the region of umbilicus, with rumbling (after second dose, second day). General Abdomen. Constant unusual rumbling in the abdomen, above the navel (three hours after first dose, first day). Flatulency (after second dose, third day). Excessive flatulence, with frequent rumbling, as if diarrhoea would set in, urging to stool, with no other result than the expulsion of a great amount of flatus, in the afternoon (seventh and eighth days). Frequent passing of wind, very offensive (two small, sweat pears, eaten in the forenoon, may have caused the flatus; pears always do with him, but always odorless and painless), (three hours after first dose, first day). Constant passing of stinking flatus while walking (three hours after first dose, first day). Weak, faintish feeling about the bowels, as when one has diarrhoea (tenth day). Felt, through the forenoon, as though diarrhoea would occur; weakness about the bowels, with urging and pressing, without stool (third day). Frequent sensation as of approaching diarrhoea, but without stool, in the afternoon and evening; only slight costive discharge in the evening (first day). Occasional pains in the bowels during the afternoon and evening (eighth day). Severe pain in the bowels (half an hour after first dose, third day). Severe griping pains in the bowels during the night (first night). Griping colicky pains continued at intervals all the afternoon (first day). Colic like pains in umbilical region, in a small spot, with accumulation of flatus, one hour after dinner (three hours after first dose, first day). Grumbling pain in the bowels, continued all the afternoon (second day).
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.